Kymani Marley: Growing Up in Miami, Surviving the Streets & Finding His Sound

Kymani Marley opens up about the shootout he saw on his first morning in Miami, how a Jamaican board house and a Miami board house shaped him, and the song "Dear Dad" that started his music career. He sits down with Killaboo on The Daily Fix to talk about his new 16-track album Love and Energy.

In this interview:

• Why he chose the title Love and Energy

• Collabs with Iba Mahr, Andrew Tosh, Sizzla, Anthony B, Agent Sasco and Gyptian

• Growing up in Falmouth, then moving to Liberty City, Miami at age 8

• How "Dear Dad" launched his career

• Carrying the Marley legacy

• His films Shottas and One Love, and the upcoming Vendetta/Necessary Badness

0:00 Cold open: A shootout on my first day in Miami

0:49 Welcome, Kymani Marley

1:25 Jamaica Strong and the Hurricane Melissa anniversary

2:28 Love and Energy: the features

4:36 Why the album is called Love and Energy

6:12 Growing up in Falmouth

7:19 Moving to Liberty City, Miami

9:34 Finding comfort in family: the board house

11:26 How he found music and wrote "Dear Dad"

14:07 Carrying the Marley legacy

15:41 Europe tour and "A Little Bit Okay"

17:19 Acting: Shottas, One Love and the next film

20:00 Screenwriting, where to find the album, Knicks talk

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